Keystone oil spill will take weeks to clean up

It will take at least a few weeks to clean up the largest oil spill in the United States. This was reported on Tuesday by local Kansas authorities, referring to a recent meeting with the owner of the Keystone pipeline, TC Energy Corp.

The main pipeline supplying crude oil from Canada to the United States was shut down as a result of a large-scale spill of 14,000 barrels in the state of Kansas. The exact timing of the restart remains unknown.

In the opinion of Randy Hubbard, Washington County’s emergency management coordinator, the oil spill cleanup will be carried out over several weeks.

By the data of the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), TC Energy has not yet sent a plan to reopen the pipeline. Under the rules of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the damaged section of the line cannot be restarted without regulatory approval of the plan.

TC Energy said the investigation will continue until the cause of the emergency is determined. However, in a post on the Internet Monday, Lisa Moser, a Kansas state representative, mentioned that the sabotage version had been ruled out.